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Water Is Life summit speakers and participants were outraged that governments allow Nestlé and other water companies to take, control and sell water for a profit while failing to secure clean water for residents in Flint, Detroit, and many Indigenous nations.

The Council of Canadians is supporting teachers who are educating young people about the lack of clean water in First Nations. The Council created this water drop for teachers working with their students to hold the Trudeau government to its promise of ending DWAs within five years (now four years).

This blog summarizes some of the key water issues in B.C. and provides some sample questions to ask election candidates at all-candidates debates, at their campaign offices or when they come to your door asking for support.

Up to 72,000 people in First Nations could have been affected by a drinking water advisory (DWA) at the end of 2016.1 This represents approximately one quarter of people living on a First Nations reserve.2

Today the Supreme Court of Canada rejected Alberta landowner Jessica Ernst's legal challenge to sue the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) for denying her right to freedom of expression under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The court said that Ernst should have launched a judicial review of how the AER handled and defended the immunity clauses that shield government bodies from lawsuits.

In 2007, Ernst launched a multimillion-dollar suit against the regulator, Alberta Environment and Calgary-based energy company Encana for negligence that contaminated her well water. Similar to cases in Josh Fox's documentary Gasland, her well is so contaminated with methane that she can light the water on fire.

Last Thursday, I presented to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities on the Council of Canadians' position on the Navigation Protection Act, formerly the Navigable Waters Protection Act. Find out why I was prevented from expressing the concerns of Council chapters and supporters.

Use these talking points to submit comments to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities on its review of the Navigation Protection Act, formerly the Navigable Waters Protect Act, before Wednesday, December 7!